PMMB COVID-19 Bulletin: United Kingdom (22nd April 2020)

Loh Teng Hern Tan; Vengadesh Letchumanan; Hooi Leng Ser; Jodi Woan Fei Law; Nurul Syakima Ab Mutalib; Learn Han Lee

doi:10.3687/pmmb.a0000078

PMMB COVID-19 Bulletin: United Kingdom (22^nd April 2020)

Loh Teng Hern Tan
, Vengadesh Letchumanan
, Hooi Leng Ser
, Jodi Woan Fei Law
, Nurul Syakima Ab Mutalib
, Learn Han Lee

Research output: Journal Publication › Editorial

32 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

COVID-19 has greatly impacted the world and posed an enormous public health threat. The United Kingdom is hit harder by the COVID-19 crisis than any other European countries, besides Italy, Spain and France. The UK government has come under heavy criticism for its response to COVID-19, with lack of preparedness, shortages of personal protective equipment and COVID-19 testing. Despite the lockdown is in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, UK death toll continues to surge. As of 21^st April 2020, more than 120,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 16,000 deaths had been recorded in UK.

Original language	English
Article number	a0000078
Journal	Progress in Microbes and Molecular Biology
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3687/pmmb.a0000078
Publication status	Published - 6 Feb 2020
Externally published	Yes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Free Keywords

COVID-19
Novel coronavirus
PMMB
SAR-CoV-2
United Kingdom

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Molecular Biology
Microbiology (medical)
Microbiology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

Access to Document

10.3687/pmmb.a0000078

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